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Cucurbitoideae 
Acanthosicyos horridus, a member of the Cucurbitoideae native to Namibia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae tribus - Melothrieae
- Schizopeponeae
- Joliffieae
- Trichosantheae
- Benincaseae
- Cucurbiteae
- Cyclanthereae
- Sicyeae
The Cucurbitoideae is a subfamily of the Cucurbitaceae, or gourd family, of flowering plants. The Cucurbitaceae are divided into two subfamilies, the Zanonioideae, probably a paraphyletic group of remainders, and the well-supported monophyletic Cucurbitoideae.[1]
The Cucurbitoideae subfamily consists of seven tribes. Members of the Cucurbiteae tribe produce economically valuable fruits, called gourds, which include crops like cucumbers, squashes (including pumpkins), luffas, and melons (including watermelons).[2]
References
- ^ Donoghue, Michael J.; Judd, Walter S.; Campbell, Christopher; Elizabeth A. Kellogg; Stevens, Peter F. (2008). Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. Sunderland, Mass: Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-407-3.
- ^ Mabberley, David (2008). Mabberley's Plant-Book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82071-5.
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